The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken Hardcover - 1995
by Cabi
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As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors which occur in the developing chick provide a potent argument against unitary causal explanations for differences in behaviour. Study of the behaviour of the chick is also relevant to poultry science and the welfare of domesticated birds. This book reviews research on the development of brain and behaviour in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian species. It begins by outlining the developmental stages of the chick embryo, including the effects of environmental stimulation. Behaviour and the neurochemistry of development and memory formation in the posthatching period are then discussed. The transitions that occur during the first two to three weeks of posthatching life are described, particularly in terms of changing hemispheric dominance. The final chapter examines avian cognition and some issues of welfare for the domestic chicken. The book provides a thorough review of the subject and will interest workers in animal neurophysiology and behaviour, experimental psychologists, and poultry scientists.
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- Title The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken
- Author Cabi
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cabi, Oxon, U.K.
- Date 1995-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780851989242 / 0851989241
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.75 x 0.85 in (23.50 x 17.15 x 2.16 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97179019
- Dewey Decimal Code 573.861
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